- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Ethics in medical practice
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
Hospital de Câncer de Barretos
2020-2024
Abstract Objectives Dignity Therapy (DT) is a brief form of psychotherapy that helps people with life-threatening illnesses and their loved ones cope emotional pain demoralization. Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to receive DT during lifetime. Posthumous (PDT) was then devised be administered bereaved family members. However, PDT yet been validated or studied in specific cultural linguistic context Portuguese-Brazilians. This study aims fill this gap by validating for...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate self-perception anguish and low quality life among health care professionals who cared for the dying patients during COVID-19 pandemic determine characteristics end-of-life care. METHODS: An online survey that included patient from July 1 October 31, 2020 conducted. Low life, anguish, professionals, were recorded. Poisson regression performed assess predictors life. RESULTS: A total 102 including 14 males (13.7%), with a median age 37...
Objective(s): To develop a questionnaire that assesses the level of comprehension and decision-making capacity patients with breast cancer about palliative care advance planning. Methods: Questionnaire items were based on scientific literature. Delphi Consensus, three-round survey experts (n = 14), evaluated relevance, clarity, redundancies items. A pretest 15) whether they comprehended each item identified doubts or discomforts. Results: The initial was composed 38 After Delphi, 18...
Dignity therapy (DT) was developed to help patients at their end of life reframe and give meaning illness process. The DT question protocol focuses on personhood important aspects the individual's life. This study aimed translate culturally adapt Therapy Question Protocol (DTQP) Brazilian Portuguese.This a descriptive methodological study, cross-cultural adaptation process comprised 4 stages: (1) translation synthesis English original version into Portuguese, (2) back translation, (3)...